This was so much fun creating. I opened up my PC the started illustrating my graphics. Not the best of art but as far as miniature goes it works out fabulous or at least I think so lol.
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Video Transcript
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ok guys so today I’m going to show you
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how to make a miniature arcade game
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ok guys so the very first thing you need
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to do is get the template from my
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website and print it out then cut the
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scroll ok guys so now we’re going to
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install a screen so you’re gonna need
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some Mod Podge and then what you’re
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going to do is you’re going to paint it
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on your screen section get it completely
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covered try to thin it out the best that
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you can you don’t want to think because
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it will bubble up the paper because this
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is just regular printing paper now you
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could use some photo paper if you like
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but I didn’t do that now you’re going to
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turn it over and you’re going to place
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this directly in the center just like
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that
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make sure you get it good and in the
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center and then flatten it around the
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edges just to make sure like that
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ok so now after that then I’m going to
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take a box knife and i’m going to go on
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something flat and i’m just going to cut
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the excess all just like that
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should leave me with that now I’m going
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to paint some Mod Podge over top of it
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ok so now you want to let that dry after
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you’ve painted on with a soft paint
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brush
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ok so now you want to go ahead and glue
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this right here like this
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ok now you want to take the front bottom
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and you want to bevel this edge right
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here you can do that by using sandpaper
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should be approximately a 45 degree
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angle
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ok so now you want to put a piece of
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tape on the back side of this masking
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tape is what we’re using and that’s
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going to help hold it when we glue it
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you’re going to take the back piece line
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it right even with the edge and then
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i’ll show you how we’re gonna do it
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right once you have it lined up even
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with the edge make sure the top meets
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then you’re going to put some glue right
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along here and then your tape should
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fold much like a bookbinding and then
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you want to fold that way doesn’t really
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matter about this line of glue right
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here but you can wipe it off of the
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bothers you
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ok the tape will help hold that until it
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dries
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alright so next we’re going to go ahead
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and put glue right here along the bottom
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and on this side here you may need a
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little bit more if it’s the end green
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make sure it’s even with the bottom and
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even with this live here and then use
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masking tape to hold it until it dies
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at this point you can stand it up on the
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side and press it down to make sure you
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haven’t even with the ground for the
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table
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ok so the front piece if you remember I
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said you had to cut this at a 45 or you
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have to sand it we just went ahead and
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sand it are set of 45 so you can kind of
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see it we’re going to go ahead and put
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that on next
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ok so now what I’ve done is up at some
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go here and then I’ve add some right
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here along the back and then we’re going
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to attach it right here even with the
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front of this and even with the bottom
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and then you want to make sure that your
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line is evenly dispersed right along the
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front here because it’s going to be
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recessed a little bit and work once you
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have it where you need to be then you
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want to secure it with masking tape
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ok so now this piece that we did in the
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beginning is dry and then you want to do
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the same thing here as we did here
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withstanding it on a 45 and then we’re
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going to glue it right here
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ok so i went ahead and put some glue on
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are beveled edge there and a little bit
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of glue here now the 45 angle is going
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to face toward the top and then we’re
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going to put it right in here like this
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make sure your line is even because you
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will have a little bit of a space there
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and then remove the excess glue with
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like a popsicle stick or something good
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ok so now we’re going to the top right
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here
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t-shirts even with the back
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and then make sure it’s even along this
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side here
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alright once you have it even remove
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your excess glue
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and then we’ll install the top screen
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ok it install the screen we went ahead
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and double this just slightly right and
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then we’re going to add some glue right
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along the edge and then also right along
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this edge then we’ll put some tape on
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there don’t move
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then we’re just going to insert the
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frame of the screen right in that spot
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try to keep your space even all the way
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down because it is going to be a little
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bit of a space
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okay so this isn’t necessary but just to
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kind of help hold it because I’m not
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waiting for it to dry i went ahead and
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attach the piece of scrap wood right
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there just to kind of keep it from
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sliding and i also put tape on the back
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here and people in the back here to hold
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it until it dries
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however because it’s on the back you
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don’t need to worry about removing it
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right now what we’re going to do is
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we’re gonna line all along here with
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glue and then up on this side here with
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glue
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ok so now i have the glue on the end
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here which will go right up in here and
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then all along one here and now we’re
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gonna place this on top with the back
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and the top being even two and then you
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want to tape it to hold it until it
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dries
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ok so this is what it looked like before
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you paint it or do anything like that
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the screen you can do whatever you want
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but as far as the joystick and
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everything goes you can use the print
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out and then you can also use either a
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stick pen or a map pen for the joystick
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ok so if you don’t want to see the edge
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right here with the line on there you
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can always cut a very thin piece of
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balsa wood and then sand it on an angle
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and then just place it on here right on
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top and then you won’t have to see that
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unfinished edge
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however when you paint it you probably
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won’t even see it anyway and putting the
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standard edge down the bottom
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and I’m lining the top edge right there
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ok so the arcade game is done now all
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but we have to do is take this recycled
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plastic which you can get off the
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packaging that’s where i got mine cut it
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to fit inside here and then you’re going
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to create the screen with it now you mod
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podge this of course but now you’re
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going to put this right here and then
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you’re gonna fold it just slide right up
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underneath there and then you have what
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looks like a screen now this I have to
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put a little bit more go alongside and
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add enough but for this part here i just
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used a piece of cardboard and I cut it
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to fit the logo at the top and then this
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is just a stick pen that you use for
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sellin it just kind of gives it that
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feel of a control stick or joystick i
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should say and then for the side panels
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in the template it’s just a rectangle
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you just want to measure it to fit there
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and then you want to mod podge it the
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same way we do wallpaper but do not use
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excessive amounts of the Mod Podge
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because what will happen is the paper
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will start the bubble and crinkle you
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don’t want that you just want a very
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thin even layer all the way down on the
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wood then you want to put that on there
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press it real good smooth it out let it
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dry once it’s dry then put the top code
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one when that’s dry then you want to
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take in lay it flat like this take your
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box cutter and cut right along the edge
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i made that template part with the
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pattern on it bigger because you could
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have that time for that space to cut it
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if I didn’t do that then you might not
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have it accurate and you don’t want to
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have that ok so again this is just a
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piece of cardboard and you can see where
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i don’t have a clue on there i got a
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little bit more glue it’s recycle i’ll
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put a little piece of glue on there and
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that’ll cover that and you can see the
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gloss from now having that plan
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stick on there now this is just recycled
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but you can also get off sheet
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protectors and they’re about the same
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thickness and you can use that
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and I just painted a light yellow I may
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have to go back and put a little bit
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darker yellow on it because my print out
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a little bit lighter than a little bit
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more yellow than the actual color
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opinionated with that’s it
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hopefully this tutorial was helpful and
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don’t forget to Like and subscribe below
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leave a comment question or suggestion
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and if you decide to make one of these
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little arcade games definitely share
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with us because i’d love to see how you
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do it and we will be making more until
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next time have a great day